lash
Other forms: lashed; lashes; lashing
A lash is a sharp slap or strike with a rope or whip. In some parts of the world, lawbreakers receive a certain number of lashes as punishment for their crimes.
To deliver a lash is also to lash: "I instructed the jockey not to lash the horse," and another way to lash is to tie one thing securely to another. The part of a whip that actually connects with a person or animal's body is called a lash as well. When you lash out at someone, you either hit them or attack them in a figurative way, especially through angry words.
Definitions of lash
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a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
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leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
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synonyms:
thong
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type of:
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leather strip
implement consisting of a strip of leather
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leather strip
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beat severely with a whip or rod
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types:
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flagellate, scourge
whip
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leather
whip with a leather strap
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horsewhip
whip with a whip intended for horses
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switch
flog with or as if with a flexible rod
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cowhide
flog with a cowhide
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cat
beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
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birch
whip with a birch twig
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strike as if by whipping
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lash or flick about sharply
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bind with a rope, chain, or cord
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any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
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